FLORA'S LE XI CON. 81 



URICULA. Primula Auricula. C 

 Pentanduia. Order: IfbuooYHiA. As 

 all the most beautiful floweri that were 

 known to the ancients, had been placed in 

 the hieroglyphical language of plants, u«- 

 had some difficulty in making a selection 

 • worthy of representing the delightful art 

 of painting. But our choice has at length fallen on the " queen 

 of the snowy Alps," as the fittest emblem. 



PAINTING. 



O thou who seated by the golden wave 

 Of classic Tiber, stol'st the prismy hues 



From the rich landscape that Italia gave, — 

 Claude ! whose celestial genius could transfuse 



Heaven's beauty into earth's, and both combine 

 In those undying paintings only thine ; 



Could'st thou have travell'd to our western sky, 

 And near'd the setting sun, whose vesture spreads 



Its gold and purple, blent harmoniously ; 

 When Autumn chills the foliage, and sheds 



O'er the piled leaves among the evergreen, 

 All colours and all teints to grace the scene; 



Thou would'st have shown that there are other climes 

 Besides Ausonia's where the heart may gush 



With overwhelming fulness, and at times 



Feel the deep influence of bland nature's hush, 



When Evening steals in blushes to her West, 



And clouds are in their marriage garments drest. 



Dawes. 



